The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-21 00:00:00

IrONEi MARKET AND CONEJUItCLUI. INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the general discount market there is moderat' demand for u n d a money, but th e supp li es not b e i r g tit, 8 per cent, is required for the negotiator' first class three months' bills. Yo h e City of Manchester has arrived from ;Taw . iz with X 145,800, with X 83, 69,5. and the Hammoni Th e vacancy created i n th e di rec t or ate of the by the n glish and Foreign Lib rar y C ompan y, occas i one d be death o f the lamented Mr. Thackeray, has ten filled er, up by th e distinguished Dean of Chiches b. The di rectorate has been further strengthened Y the addition of the names of Sir R. I. Murchison, tl i td , the Right Ron. Viscount Bury, M.P. We were : 1 1 1 fru ed at the offic e this day that three parts of BliebeaPital stock of this company have already been t Bet ibed for, and that the application share list he en Wednesday the 3d of February. 'ae half lave, Yearly report of the Scottish Australian 29th hi st -111ent Company, to be presented on the .0 th ow 4 , Bt4 tes the net profit to have been £16,00 , reltill,g it increase of £1,523 on that of the cohr rot' -11 ' i ng six months of 1862, A dividend att e leae,,i°f 10 Per cent, per annum is recommended, Nthi, ll l3 ! £261 to be carried to the reserved fund, Will th e amount to £7, 3 43. Th ere clo t , and was a m eet i ng of the directors of the Lon- e Yest 1.7 I)rnvi ncial Marine Insurance Company o th e h — aY, wh en it was resolved to recommend t fo r tia gilt ellelders at the general meet i ng a dividend e O f ll4lflear ending Dec. 31 last, at the rate Ate -er cent per annum. Bank of l 'oad o , 4l , ee ting of the proprietors of the a tilerat het ins this day, a dividend and bonus, tog the rate of 15 per cent. per annum, was ded tha t tri1,,°4037 agreed to, and it was recommended t be carried to the reserve fund. thi % l , l "t week's railway receipts, ascertained III) "a Y, are, in round figures, as under : Gr eat 1864. 1863. ort W e B tert £54,137 £60,242 , cait ia•NAr eete • ................. 86,96;5 78,032 t r i 1 1 :Wettr e ..... r4 SiiA ton , 12 860 14,343 atel ............. 4 _, _ noo 1 :•Au 37 3 tanotEmot ..... 31,657 26,882 17,707 tr4 llll ' 34,250 31,120 isl ort ,.!r xe i tx _ . a nd xe Yorkshire 5,070 5,090 Ah, e l i ZELet er , i 7 r .. 48,517 45,391 North ; 3 8t r, So e ji 15,676 13 , 849 nti oi eld, and Lincoln The se Soatt .. 11,869 11,006 .............. 9 7 324 .he, e ern and Western of Ireland 7,28 , me Period refttilrrie, compared with those of the same of last Year, are, with one or two exceptions, thowt:4enrable character. The Great - Western of 48-Qah increase of £3,895; the North Wester n, . lord, '; 33 ; the South Western, of £544; the Mid- Qre 4 ° , l £4 ,272 ; the South Eastern, of £546 ; the Aorthern, of £4,805 ; the Lancashire and f X3,l 2 Yorks ß llit e, cf £3,130 ; the North Eastern, o f £1,8 2 ; ; the M anchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, o ; and th e N orth British, of £863. On the Of ,483 4 ; nd Brigh ton, however, there is a decrease en the Bristol and Exeter, of £2O ; an £36: Great Southern and Western of Ireland, of At p r i g Two 0 'CLoCti. ttie ' this day, according to Mr. Renter's %e tzt .,Ti the Frenca Three per Cents. were 66f, 4.leavy. h °4l 4e half•yearly meeting of share t()%clevts °ft he London Joint-Stock Bank was held tlivit;4,.., The report, which announced the usual kith -144 ) at the rate of 121 per cent, per annum, ' 4 z t ied. bonus of S. per share, was unanimously A rail t he m ar , 7 n ' 1 4 - , per cent. h as t a ken place to-day in Y~eties (If r the En glis h Funds, chiefly in cense- to r ec . -• Purchas es to c l ose " Bear" accounts, and f eeli n Ise profits after the recent decline . . A better 5.11 (it!. 44° Prevails regarding Continental politics, bill b e impr ess ion that the outflow of gold 11 3' the 111Ett eriaily checked by the measure adopted 5 '-- 4 k of Enc.land. Consols for money are and 4 : 4 90 for the account. The New Threes ß.lls 4 to ' tl " 4 '44 anuities are 901 ; Exchequer ‘ls': B. owing to the increased value of ei t d ll , (l - ! l4 iEt 5 per Cents, are 10 . 41 105 i. St° k =qui,. 11 " 114 3 also taken place in the Foreign 6 Per 'Cents,,"' bllt bu siness is not active. .Turkish 46.4 If 18621 are 66/, 67; do. Consolid i es, S Punisi;p el ' e , in, 35 1; Greek, 221 ; Coupons, 10 4 and th as:Av,e, ; ditto Certificates, 13 y; tl e i CD°lllenerate4Loan, 42 44. b e e "'ilWaY Share Market the dealings have d 44 upward mode rate , but Prices have generally exhibite tlloveniezt, owing to the favourable . of t he traffic receipts on most of the Firt *4lat,r,Aal -- ,, eB ' North Eastern (Berwick), South Pto:ed--,' 'tighten, and Great Eastern have im d - Yt ; Great Western, and Lancashire an d W4;444) 159.; Great Northern A Stock, Nort 5: 41 and Midland, £1 ; and Metropolitan, Bank fait r and Aliscellane ous Sh ares con ti nuo i n ttlor quest,fi and, in some i nstances , s h ow rat h er 1%-rt"'ss. London and Westminster realise Contract Corporation are quoted 2 e Q111• ; ti A nglo Italia n B an k, River Land Neil —ea i preen,; and Adriatie.Steam, 1 to 2 ; 0 ,, tt t .,„„ D er 'l?,;‘ )tl ,:tSß FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. b• en t, •,-, a titm i r t, 4 4 n t, eo c lon - 80 -r is u X z s, N.`iv a et.t. it l4t . Feb. 4 • , le i . edu e 901, a 6 tzt i ii,,,,:,, Cei;i.i._ .............. l ie `' C e4t d qtl ellt. Cent, Q 1 '?". • • b i ' i l:ti e ,, aloi.rui•uities uities J lB a 7 n 3 . t I ` ) i ll tt ej for 3 4 0 ~„3 1.„ 8 , ) ( ' e x x Pi . ' re Jan. ath 1880 — z e, iritl it er i ;-' ‘ ', l,: : . Te l e i g r r e a s p t i l i a i Aril, 1 1, 8 9 8 0 5 8 —..... 13 ittob ; £l,OOO 24 u g' EtAk zsoo , 4& 3 per Cent l2 dis 14 10 dis 1 Is b l'tla td £lOO and £, 4 +l l.3 l,,• itto %4 l; o ol , S E t A ir;4 , i per Ct., - 1 0 a 0 st hf.-yr — 4i t ' A., 1 0i p, C ELT SECURITIES. b t o 6 % lint . eat., April 1874 --• 111 4 ° P e r Ce .......... .., . tk, _ Der _ at. jut _ , rt . ! 105 41 a ttc, -t,i„u,eiat. 184' IN u At. _ ,„,. r„(1 Paper, 4" 1,1),, ) ,`,, k,etit Jan. , per Cent...... bi t , 4l ltCdatilr ', 1872 ''' • • q o es, 4 .. bi tt 11,411 ditto per Ct., April 1861 '4 4.tri a ti (1 1 t° Aug.., 1866 .. e ..1)9 A ar F .Z 1 0 l ' t ria °t ' QC/ ... b At_ I G . m . _ ........... 'rii t i i , t i nd a, „.." FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. I , l) itt ( o ' 4l 4`,,, t° u per Cent . uitt , la% -r 185'9 .. sli , 4,4 e.. ., ....... ti , Der t 1" 1 ' 859 ...... tlt tt° S °it to eit .) 185' ei loe erk • 2-58-60 11 1. , 0 Ik y ;' 1863, £55 1863 .. 851 k. ,211t 0 t ,,Ne,,,,, 3 p ar Paid 1114144'1'N Cent . n Ittr , a 7 85,,,, . 1 . ated, 1 per Cent — wr eek - -, g e Per e -.aad - Warrant — Ntt 5 Aar "44 la 1,, ..o Ito ~,. t at tle . .`,-;!tt,oja ~ 1824 :: ti mt to , - , e o .t .... i 0, ex-Coupons - - ItklitetQkeil,,naB ........... kt 6,4 al, 6 p t No h Der i , or 6, 1 7, it. ............... tt c , 4 3 er elit, (mar 4 %tie Ac e , Cent emtnana Railway) . Icorar,littazial ... Per . c .. e . n . t tt ~..4 Q 1 0 ,,, 1 tat . •• ....... ' _ I," l tt li At * ... I)."itt ( '' - 'fit t Cent . ........ a q. 0 L D eter -- I,el):Niittt,,tt,,,,°,4Atiot,i'l.L,,,,,el: !,,c'.:l::a)l4etnla,t2(.lilBel. ~c 3 2.ci d a . : :: 2 e : s s ): ..... .1 : — ..... 1 , '1.4 1 P (186, ........ I) .lt q l ite lint at, .. paid.... p m _ _ to e .................. 8 1 , 41 1 ! kn y T (2,,,•......... .b i :4ll, 3 ` 4 4:11,t . ...b., 1862 .......... '..... b ,Lt, A per , ia • .............. ._. 4) ,1tt 0 Zceo ur r t ! t ................. 81 ~,„ :A ,- e, „ et , ..................... „,t t , isQeo err e d ..... . ......... 8 stt, IttseiZ: ................. :4'14, .‘e°,,,. ................ il lv ij itt,,, 4 °ert:'4t, - 111te1,(1,i*144.C.41,1°1t e°ll P ...... funded 33i 1):" 4 11'6' Pir ....... 11 ded Li tt o n i p er e _ent ~g ‘ ,„„„l , e. i it. , 85: ,;i i t . t o „,.,,,p . er ~,,,. ..... - Lit, t ( (pir,t .. 185 s • ),1„t.o 6 1 , 9 13„,i b• ° A el. ( rit 1 vc,ttto rs.e.filint . • if.,'G b Z t u o e - 1, I p t„ d :, t i tte 4e%i)letirt ePtit. IN A Pe r ec ; - t tlt hZeo u ,,,iut., 18 6 , V. 11 A21 41'4(15 • .................. itatiltts IDer eenon tia-,, above `Ditto, 6 Per nt. t. E x. 1 , ~ e Payable in London, 'lts A Per e certi ,... e G li ii . . (..), 'Lt.:N il:ll 7,, 1 „.,a , L ., ttes ~,:: ..... ", i x. 25 Ynnes Lit N........ .. itt o 1 04 671 oiliat ..................... `1 . .?1 , :( 0 ( 1 )1', 1 LOCK 4e e Y . ......... .... vo i 4 el ) fat SHARE MARKETS,—This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railwa s. raid. Closing 1, Business y Price. ' done. Bir., `Vol., and Str. Val. 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co st Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian 60 Con: and Bandon 20 Col awall 10 Do A(A `rots no div 10 Do. ttl l -6p c.p an.ha s B been paid to B, 50 ,Dublin Belfast June. 8 8i Si 8i 84 R 6 1201 121, 7 74 15 'Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junal st Edinburgh & Glasgow. Bt Glasg. and S. Westerr,.l it Great Eastern, Ord. stk it Ditto A stock it Ditto East Angli an s iL GreatNorthot Scotland it Great Northern it Do A stock it Do B do it Gt. S. and W. of Irelanu it Great Western it Do Str Val gun. stock 3t Lancashire & Yorkshire 3t London and Blackwall it Lon., Eright.,& S. Coast 37 39 16 17 97 98 107 109 401 601 47 49 71 85 127 128 132} 134 134 136 07 08 65i (51 1104 111 72 73 105 107 43 44 100} 107 101 i 1021 50 61 3t Lon., Chat., and Dover it Lon. & North Western st Lon. & So'.th Western st Mau., Shet., & Lincoln. SO Maryport and Carlisle. l2i Do shares... st Metropolitan st Midland ,4.0 Do New st Do Binning. & Derby SO Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 26 Do. shares ioa 1 07 12S 1281 14,, 97 99 I 25 Mid /Cert. 10 Do Cray Line st North British st Edin., Perth, tt Dundee st Nth. Eastern—Berwioi , 25 521 631 25 15 1031 104 50 00 00} 91 Do, G.N.E. purchas, I ;t Do Leeds ;t Do York st Do Carlisle... ;t North London .0 Do New 1.5.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction at Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock st Do Scot. Mid. stock ) 10 Shrews. and Welehpool st Shropshire Union st South Devon st South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 20 stain es, Wok.,an dWok. 25 I Do .• .. 123 128 1 2 j 77 79 11 11} 124 126 43 45 98 100 53 64 33 84 98 100 10 104 as 9e 10i 0 75 8 p 158 160 5 5 I 21 Si PI 2.5 Do New, 186 G st Taff Vale— ..... 10 Do B 10 Do C 50 Ulster 25 Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny ! West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland —Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 84 87 170 175 22 25 95} 5 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share Railways Paid. Price. Business done 190 Atlantic &Si Lawrenc, all 60 a 60 Sk Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind -- 100 103 105 104/ 31 1 I Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares Buffalo andLaKetturun all 51 61 10 Do. Preference 100 Buffalo, Brant&Codricli 100 6 p. cc. bds. Aug. 1, 1870 100 Do. do. July 1, 187: - 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1871 100 st Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin 100 1( 2 104 st Cape Town & Dock Seri} 100 101 103 stock itlastn. Bengal gu. sp. 100 106 107 1061 stock Last Indian. gu. sp. c. lon 101 104 103/ 20 Do. do. U Ext l5 1 1 p 20 Do. do. H do. 15 1 1 p stock Grand Trunk of Canada luu 20 21 201 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 73 75 741 100 Do. do. delerred.. all 59 51 100 Do. 2d Prel. Bonds all 66 68 67/ 7 100 Do. do. deferred all 53 50 100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stook all 50 52 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Pref. stocir all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred— all 22 c 4 stook Gtlr dtarenin.g - ua.sp.c 100 105 105 105/ 41 20 Do. New gun. sp. o l2 1 11 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 104 201 Gt. W. of Canada Sham , all 9i 10 o 201 Do. New 18 11 1046 7/ iE 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 93 05 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8. all 80 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 gp stock Madras. guar~ sp. o. stock Do. 41 p. c. Extensica, 100 98 100 stock De.l/, do lOO a 4 98 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb•Cerp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 50 llelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. 51orti.r. Bdq. all 20 Newßrunsvnck & Canda Class A and B. all 3 6 , N.Rl.C'da3 pc Ist pt bdc 100 82 S 4 stock :Soinde t •• (100 1031 IC4j stock' Do. Delhi I 100 103 104 20 Do. d 0...... 'a E 2 1p 21 st Do. Punjaub all 103 101 Do. Do. . , ,g! , 100 sto-k I Do. tndus.St. 000 100 102 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 6 p.c.J .IzJ u 1877-84 100 102 104 Do. 6p. c. Feb. Ac Aug. 100 103 105 Do. 6p. c.Mar.& Sept. 100 103 115 Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 10i 91 d 2 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 ,90 112 Cape G. Elope, 8 p c,1870 100 'lO7 109 Do.Ap 5& Oct. 1880 100 , 109 111 Do. 1891 100 110 112 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 108 110 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 8 per cent .. 100 104 106 Natal Gov. a per cant. 130 108 110 1N.13.G0v. 6 p.o. a.&Jul) 100 104 104 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 2..,180( 100 09 100 Do- P. c.,1 8 / 1 to E7t 100 991 10'1 Do. d0.,1888 drupwds 100 9 9 1 160 1 100 1 99 1 - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 107 109 - (Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 103 105 'Queensland Gev. Bp. c. 100 109 111 S. Aus thip.c.lB7B.& up.. 100 109 111 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - !Do. to en.e.42.n.&001... 100 110 111 1101 BRITISH MINES. 2 t Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1d cliftord Amalgamated 3.. "248„29K Deven G. Con, (Tavist.) 1 5, East Bassett (Illogan) 30 671 70 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 53. id par East Carador, ...... "?..14.0 27 28 East Cart , . 3.4.0 7 76 E. W".ltussel (Tavistk ) 8.9.0 5 51 Gras.&St.Aubyn(Gwen , 581 10 12 ijreat South Tolgus I 17s 4 41 G. Wheal Vor (lielston 40 14 15 Grenville tiercd's-Foot 8.12 67 3 9 Ilingston Downs 4.18.0 3 3 1 Lady Bertha "Margaret (lJny Lelant 91, 15 17 , Marke Valley.. 4 41yndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 2, 1 . 11 1 d New Seton l6l 50 00 —• )North Downs 2l 11 1/ N.Wh'l Basset(lllogan; 3.1.0 2 1 3 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) - Providenee(Uny Lelut.) 10.6.7 44 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 430 540 S. Carn Brea (Illogan).. Fran. (Illoan, 18.18.9) 571 621 - "Stray Park '3017.6 28 30 5 c Eamar Silv.& Lead Min 41 k skin Croft 9 19 20 -- West Basset (Illovan) ll 11 12 W Cr radon (Liskeard) 5 19 21 { West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5 80 85 IWheal Buller(Redruth) 5 20 25 Wheal Kitty (I.l.Lelant) 2.0.6 - Wheal L adcott Wheal MaryAnn( s Men ) 8 131 141 3eton 5Bl 150 160 Wheal Treiawney (Lls ) 7 241 256 - IWheal Union 3.17 3 31 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 6 per cent., 115 Great Northern, 41 per cent., red. at 10 per cent pm., 101 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 105 4t London, Chatham, ,tc., Metrop. ltixt., B, 6 per cent., 104 Midland New £5 shares, 21 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Great Eastern, E. Union 4 per cent. guaranteed, 86 Nottingham and Grantham It. & C., 97 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (Urn.) gua. 7 per cent., 18 Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 17} FOREIGN:HEVES. Cape Copper, lim., 7i I Cobre Copper, 35 Mariquita, Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 21 Vallaszasca Gold, Urn., 11) • Worthing (limited), I Yudanamutana of S. Australia (11m.), 3 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon and Liverpool (Um.), 441 ; Ditto, new, 301 291 Anzio Austrian, 61 Bank of Egypt, 261 71 Bank of London. 172 Bank of Otago, Bin., 21 Bank of Wales, Um., 13 Bank of New Zealand, 141 1 Consolidated Bans, lint, 10i English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 23 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lien.), 321 Imperial Bank (lira.), 23 Imperial Ottoman, 171 17 London and Brazilian (lint), 511 , London and County, 61 / London Joint Stock, 19 London and South African, Ditto, new, 261 London and South American. Huh, 7 1 London and Westminster,! 84} Scinde, Punjaub. and Delhi (IMO, Ditto, new, 6/ Union of Australia, 53 Union of London, 411 21 2 DOCKS. St. Katharine, 721 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union (Insurance), ti 0/ Crystal Palace, :121 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., Hudson's Bay, 171 . International Financial Society, Bin., 101 I 4. London Financial Association, Um., 20 5 1 London General Omnibus Company, 21 Oriental Gas (1im.),,11 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 78 I?io de Janeiro City Improvements, 20! Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 7k7 Universal Marine (lim.) i liSUranCe, 50 THE WHOLE SUBJECT OF LONDON STREET IMPROVEMENT, it is said, will come before the House of Commons this Session, and we hope with it the cutting up of the internals of the Metropolis, THE SUN', LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF QUEENiS BENCH. Sitting in Banco, before the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, and Justices Crompton, Blackburn, and Mellor.) THE QUEEN V. THE JUSTICES OF LEIGH.--TIIE SUNDAY HAYMAKING CASE. In this case the Solicitor-General had obtained a rule to show cause why the conviction of the magistrates of Leigh in relation to the celebrated case of haymaking on a Sunday should not be quashed, on the ground that a farmer did not come within the statute of Charles IL relating to the ob servance of the Sabbath. Mr. Mellish, Q.C., with Mr. Bayley now showed cause against the rule, and in support of the conviction. They contended that a farmer, and the persons labouring under him, came within the meaning of the statute, which pro hibi•ed any tradesman, artificer and labourer, or any other person from pursuing their ordinary calling on the Sunday• The Solicitor-General having been briefly heard in reply, The Court was unanimous iu their opinion that the con viction ought to be quashed, and that a farmer did not come within the meaning of the statute, or any person pur suing such occupation under him. Conviction quashed. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) THE MOSTLY GREEN COAL AND COKE COMPANY. This was a meeting for considering a proof of debt pre sented by Mr. Hancock, a stockbroker, for a sum of £4,000, monies advanced for and on account of the company; and for which he held four bills of exchange signed by two of the directors, and sealed with the sea' of the company. The case was adjourned till to-day, Mr. Hampton, solici tor, and a shareholder, having challenged the validity of the notes, and he also contended that Mr. Hancock's name ought to be put on the list of contributions for £251. Mr. J. Tucker (Greville, Tucker, and Co.), for the official liquidator, said the accounts had been investigated, and there did not appear any ground for opposing the proof. A further adjournment, however, was ordered that the ques tion as to shares might be argued at the same time. _ _ _ _ _ A petition was opened by Mr, Sorrell, of Mark-lane, against William Collyer, of Oakley-street, Lambeth, smith and tool manufacturer. The bankrupt surrendered and received protection. (Before Mr. Commissioner liolroyd.) IN RE CAVE. This bankrupt was described as of Osborne-road, Bow, manager of a rope manufactory. Mr. Reed anneariaa fnr orpditors, bankrupt as to the disposal of his pi opcL ty, and also as to his means at the present time, and he said that he re ceived a salary of £2OO, and had a house to live in—he could not set aside half or one-third for his creditors, but offered £3O. Mr. Sorrell, Mark-lane, examined the bankrupt, to explain the circumstances under which the goods were taken by a creditor, and submitted that there was no ground for sup posing the bankrupt had kept back any property, and he was quite willing to set aside any reasonable amount for the benefit of his creditors. His Honour ordered the discharge—the bankrupt to set aside £5O a year till the debts (L 262) were paid. IN RE 11. DAVIS. This bankrupt was a woollen and bilk agent, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. The principal, almost the whole of the liabilities, were on accom modation bills for Monk and Co., cotton, woollen, and silk spinner, at Huddersfield, who failed some time since for a large amount. Mr. Bazley, for the bankrupt, said the bill had been ac cepted for his employers, Monk and Co., who were sup posed to be the most extensive and opulent spinners in the West of England, but they failed, and left the bankrupt with the liabilities, but the bill holders would not be severe sufferers, as the estato of Monk and Co. would pay a large dividend. His Honour said that the Court must mark its sense of such a flagrant fraud of all such commercial property. Mr. Bazley said that the bankrupt was continually re• ceiving goods from Monk and Co. His Honour said the mischief of such conduct was apparent, and the world was deceived. The order of dis charge must be suspended for six months, but with pro tection. IN RE ILA R.NARD. This bankrupt was a baker at Leigh, Essex, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. The debts are about £362, assets £9O. Mr. Buchanan appeared for the bankrupt, and the order of discharge was granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. COMMITTAL OF TIIE FULL TERM FOR i BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.—Cornelius Maddigan, a rough looking fellow, was charged with violently assaulting a female, named Caroline M'Millan. The prosecution was instituted by the society of which the Marquis of Townshend is president—the Society for the Protection of Women and Children, Duke-street, St. James's--and ➢lr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough street, instructed by Mr. Albert, the agent of the society, prosecuted. When the case was first boforo the court the complain ant was unable to attend owing to the ill-usage she had re ceived, but a young man named Daniel Jobb, proved seeing the prisoner strike the complainant several times in a most violent manner, The case was then adjourned for the at tendance of the female. On the case being resumed Mr. Lewis said he prosecuted on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children, who had felt it their duty to prosecute the pri soner, who had been guilty of one of those violent assaults which unfortunately were so frequent. Caroline M'Millan, of 2, Aubery-court, said that on the 13th January, at 5 o'clock in the morning, she went into the Old Crown public-house, High-street, St. Giles's, to have a glass of ale. The prisoner asked her to treat him, Uut she refused, and she then felt his hand in her pocket, and seized it as he had taken out her money-4s. 6d. The prisoner then struck her several fearful blows in the face, and she was deluged in blood. She left the house to seek for a constable, when the prisoner knocked her down, and while on the ground kicked her. The blows given by the prisoner were so violent that four of her teeth were knocked out, and she was unable to appear last week. She was perfectly sober at the time the prisoner attacked her, and saw him pass the money to some of his companions, Cornelius Tomkins, barman to Mr. Best, of the Crown, High-street, said the complainant came in and asked for a glass of ale, and the prisoner and another man came and stood by her side. Shortly after the complainant said she had been robbed, and the prisoner then struck her several times. The prisoner, whom he knew as a bad character, had several bad companions about, and threatened him (witness) for interfering. Abbott, 59 F, on taking the prisoner into custody, saw the complainant was bleeding, profusely, her lips being badly swollen. He knew the prisoner as an associate of thieves. Chappell, G division, stated that the p_ is oner was a thief. The prisoner, who said he was drunk at the time, was committed for six months, with hard labour. DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN TIIE HAYMARKET —Benja min W. Blewitt, of 11, Taymouth-terrace, Commercial road East, medical student, and Julius Stauffer, of 12, Old Jewry Chambers, a student at the Veterinary College, Camden Town, were charged with being drunk and causing a crowd of persons to assemble in the Haymarket, and Blewitt was further charged with assaulting Sergeant Brad- ley, 25 C. Sergeant Bradley proved seeing the defendants in the Haymarket surrounded by a crowd of persons. He re quested Stauffer to go away, when Blewitt struck him a blow in the face with his fist. 'When he first went up Stauffer was pitching a dog into a cab, two persons being in the cab at the time. Both defendants were drunk at the time, and making a great noise by hallooing and shouting. I , atirre , ..i 3 hp had bg Blewitt said he did not strike the sergeant, but ho an attempt to do so. The sergeant used such violence that one of his shirt buttons came off. Mr, Yardley said that ho did not consider that a proof of violence, and fined Stauffer Hs. or seven days, and Blewitt 30a. or fourteen days. THAMES. AN INCORRIGIBLE YOUNG THIEF.—A poor woman, Elizabeth Loney, the wife of a labourer in the service of the General Steam Navigation Company, entered the wit ness box, sobbing loudly, and much affected, and at the same time her son, Richard Loney, a stubborn boy, aged 12i years, was arraigned in the dock, charged with robbing his parents. The mother of the prisoner said her son had repeatedly plundered her of money. She had lost a florin, and six pences and shillings. Yesterday morning she went out on an errand, leaving her purse, containing 35., under her pil low. On her return there were only 2s. in the purse. The prisoner was out all day and in bad company, and when ho was found at night he admitted stealing the shilling. Richard Loney, the father of the boy, gave a very bad account of him, and said ho was anxious to save him. lie had sent his son to school, and he could road and write well. On being asked why he did not obtain employment for his son, he said ho could not entrust hhn anywhere. He pilfered everything he could lay his hands on. Mr. Partridge—How many children have you to main• taiu ? Witness—Two, sir—this boy and a daughter, 20 years of age. He has continually robbed us. He has got into bad company. I don't know what to do with him. If he is left at home for a moment ho steals something and runs away. I wish you to correct him. Mr. Partridge was of opinion that the parents of a boy were the best persons to correct and reform him. It was a sad case, indeed. He would remand the prisoner for a week, and on Thursday next decide what was to be done with him, A BENEFACTOII—BEYOND THE PLANTING OF AN ACORN.—The Earl of Seafield has planted on his Strathspey estate, during the past eight years, upwards of 16,000,000 plants, being at an average of two millions annually. .• In this splendidly appointed volume Captain Speke has recounted with manly simplicity and with per fect ingenuousness the precise manner in which he was enabled to accomplish his magnificent enter prise. As the Discoverer of The Source of the Nile—emphatically the Source of the Nile (for one of the Sources, the lesser of the two Sources, James Bruce has still the glory of having brought to light a century ago)—Captain J. H. Speke, aided by his friend and companion, Captain J. W. Grant, is now known to have achieved, in our own time, what had previously baffled the efforts repeatedly made towards its acquisition, alternately. sometimes oven simultateously, by the imperial rulers of the world, by the mightiest of conquerors, by the most daring of adventurers. It is recorded in ancient history how both Alexander the Great and Ptolemy Philudelphas respectively, strove to solve the very problem which has nevertheless remained inscrutable until the date of its actual solution, very recently, by the gallant English man, the author of this enthralling narrative. Equally, by Julius Caesar, as, before him, by Alex ander and by Ptolemy, the alluring, nay it should rather be said the absolutely captivating, project,was cherished. Lucan in melodious numbers avers this of Cm jar, as Seneca subsequently, in his stately prose, recounts the like of his infamous pupil, that later and degenerate Caesar, the Emperor Nero. This heretofore apparently all but insoluble pro blem being, in effect, quite simply, the source whence flows northwards from the mountainous interior of the great African Continent, the mighty current of the River Nile, along a length of more than two thousand miles down to the point at which its sweet and sacred waters are mingled with those of the blue and tideless Mediterranean. Happily, the mystery surrounding the fountain-head of the Nile, is as mystery now no longer. Captains 6peko and Grant have cleared it up, for once and for all, and they have done this not, observe, partially, but altogether. Several years ago Captain speke may be said to have put his finger upon the spot upon the map at which he believed that the Source of the Nile would be discovered eventually. That, spot being upon the borders of the Lake Victoria N'ynnza— a lake situated in lat. 2.50 S., at an elevation of 3,740 feet above the level of the sea, ninety miles in breadth, three hundred in length. There, in that half-fabulous region in the south-eastern division of Africa—among the shadows of what are for Europeans the untrodden Mountains of the Moon, mountains familiar at least by name to the reader of Loekaley Hall, as sacred to the worship of Mumbo jumbo—there in Lake Victoria N'yanza, it was con fidently felt in 1857.8, by Captain Speke, that the Niie would eventually be found to take its rise. So confident was he of this, that his very confidence powerfully impressed even the least credulous of contemporary geographers. By one of the commentators upon his lucubrations descriptive of the African regions he had even then traversed, it was remarked some time back with considerable emphasis, "If by subsequent travel this gallant explorer shall demonstrate the accuracy of this opinion [that is, that the source of the Nile would be discovered at last upon the borders of the Victoria N'yanza] to him must be awarded the honour of having solved the greatest geographical problem of ancient or modern times." How entirety that if has been cleared away by Captain Speke, how far that gallant explorer has made good his claim to the honour awarded to him, thus conditionally,;by anticipation, let his own unadorned statement of a fact—of the paramount fact—related in this lengthened Journal of his last African wanderings, at once quite clearly indicate without a word of circumlocution. The passage we are about to give is, beyond all doubt of it, the most important passage in the whole volume. It affords us, as through a loophole a glimpse of the goal won at last !—that is, of the Source of the Nile as at length reached at— " THE STONES"—ON THE VICTORIA ' , CYAN ZA. Az LAST, with a good push for it, crossing hills and thread ing huge grasses, as well as extensive village plantations lately devastated by elephants—they had eaten all that was eatable, and what would not serve for food they had destroyed with their trunks, not one plantain or one hut being let 't entire—we arrived at the extreme end of the journey, the farthest point ever visited by the expedition en the same parallel of latitude as King Mtesa's palace, and just forty miles east of it. We were well rewarded ; for the " Stones," as the Waganda call the Falls, was by far the most interesting sight I had seen in Africa. Everybody ran to see them at once, though the march had been long and fatiguing; and even my sketch-block was called into play. Though beau tiful, the scene was not exactly what I expected ; for the broad surface of the lake was shut out from view by a spur of hills, and the falls, about 12 feet deep, and 400 to 600 teat broad, were broken by rocks. Still it was a sight that attracted one to it for hours—the roar of the waters, the thousands of passenger-fish leaping at the falls with all their might, the Wasoga and Waganda fishermen coming out in boats and taking post on all the rocks with rod and hook, hippopotami and crocodiles lying sleepily on the water, the ferry at work above the falls, and cattle driven down to drink at the margin of the lake—made in all, with the pretty nature of the country--small hills, grassy-topped, with trees in the folds and gardens on the lower slopes—as interesting a picture as one could wish to see. The expedition had now performed its functions. [Note this.] I saw that old Father Nile, without an y doubt, rises in the Victoria N'yanza, and, as j lead foretold, that lake is the great source of the holy river which cradled the first expounder of our religious belief, I mourned, however, when I thought how much I had lost by the delays in the journey having deprived me of the pleasure of going to look at the th e re was, by the strait so often spoken of, with it and the north-oasttheotherlackoernwer of here thtehe N w ' a n gda went to get their salt, Nyanza, to see what connection and from which another r iver flowed to the north, making Ya " Usoga an island." but I felt I ought to be content with what I had been spared to accomplish ; for I had seen full half of the lake, and hal information given me of the other half, by means of which I knew all about the lake, as far, at least, as the chief objects of geographical importance were concerned. e2Bthis of July, 1862, that Captain and arrivedthree-quarters his long wished-for destina tion.lt Speke was A o n year the at this quarters previously he had set out upon his last and crowning expedition of discovery, 'verifying his confident as sertion, years previously made, and two o bent three uP on to—hi s unhesitatingly posi tivethat in the outlet of the already and hero explicit av avowal w a l Victoria the Nyanvantain.i (Nyanza a, d m th ea e n m in y g s , te b r y io t u h s e r w is a in y g , simply "pond") would sooner or later be found the of the Rive r Nile- by nis ii,„wit„ie perseverance, his prediction of the remit cer tain to be arrived at, ll be himself has happily been Accompli s hing his feat only, however, by means of a j our ney m ade on foot enabled t o f fulfil lfi over a distance of fully one thousand five hundred miles! Having in attendance upon him while pas sing through these vast districts of savage Africa — districts for the most part wholly unexplored until then by Europeans --it cluster of native porters or negro freedmen, liberated slaves called Wanguanas —and as his one solitary English companion, Captain Grant, to w hose Penchi the Journal of Cap tain Spekegri Travels, as now published by Messrs. Blackwood, are indeb;e4 fora profusion of very clever and every one of them Oirice-welcome illustrations. The Wanguanas, it elould be said, are the roughs or rowdies of the Afrisan population. Those selected by Captain Speke on starting upon his enterprize, numbered, in all, to begin with, seventy-six—that is to say when he set lais face westwards on the 3d of October, 1860, and, qtitting the coast of the main land immediately ()Nolte the Island of Zanzibar began the first of his ong series of marches in that westerly direction, marches that extended in that direction steadily fo' five or six hundred miles altogether. Not anti that distance from the west had been reached did ', l apt. Speke turn northwards. Long before then his 4eventy• five African porters had dwindled down nanerically by a succession of desertions. Arrived,however, at length at some where about the sow meridian as the Victoria Lake, or Pond, or Nyanza—northwards, the ex plorer then did turn is earnest with his diminished body of attendants, tad with Capt. Grant, his one gallant English c ompanion. The little party turned northwards then and there—advancing first of all midway between the oblong lake of Tangan yika and the tria n g u lar lake, pond, or N'yenza LITERATURE, The Great Nile Discoverer. Journal of the Discover! ! of the Source of the Nile. By John Hanuiug Sceke. One Vol. pp. 658. Win. Blackwood and Sins. known from this time forth by the name of our be loved Sovereign. Farther northwards on their march the exploring party of adventurers, the two Englishmen and their gang of African porters or Wanguanas, found the path of their journey trending between the range of the Mountains of the Moon and the western borders of the Victoria N'yanza. The latter expanse of inland water may perhaps be the most aptly and the most accurately described,' by the suggestion that an equilateral triangle, almost as irregular in form as the African continent itself, or as the South American continent —and so placed, by the way, that, like each of those two continents, it should have one of its points or angles directed almost due south—should be placed with one of its sides resting al most immediately upon the line of the equator. There, in the northern lice of the equilateral triangle of the lake or N'yanzi Victoria, the River Nile, the White Nile, distinctly takes its rise. The waters of the mighty stream runs out of the lake, strictly speaking, it is true, at three points. But two of those throe outlets, it may be said, are little better than marshes, or, as the Nile Discoverer himself calls them—rush drains rather than rivers. It is in the easternmost of the three that the Source of the White Nile is really and truly discernible. There, at Ripon Falls, the noble and mysterious current takes its rise. The waters of the Victoria N'yanza, passing through the Napoleon Channel, tumble at those Ripon Falls over a ledge twelve feet in depth, and from four to five hundred feet in breadth, foaming and flashing down in a beautiful cascade, worthy of marking the commencement of that glorious river more than two thousand miles in its seaward course, from the Ripon Falls to the Delta, on the Mediterranean. It is curious to think for a moment of that mighty stream rolling on through those 2,000 miles and upwards, the largest of its three or four tributaries, that is, the Blue Nile of Btuee winding northwards through Abyssinia, but the main stream, the grand trunk of the river, distinguishable first of all as the White Nile, rushing on northwards, ever northwards—sinu ously, serpent-‘vic._ +hr , ...ah Nubia, onwards in a direct line through Egypt , marked at eitner ex tremity by an equilateral triangle ! Here at its source, in the extreme south, the watery triangle of the Victoria N'yanza! Here at its emergence into the Mediterranean, in the extreme north, the rich alluvial trangle of the Delta! To Capt. Speke belongs the glory, as the annals of geography will not tire of reiterating—to him belongs the honour and privilege of having brought to light at length the until now hidden truth as to the source or origin of the gigantic stream of the Nile. His companion will share with him of course in enjoying the credit of this most notable discovery. But as yet Captain Grant has preserved, certainly so far as authorship goes, a profound and unbroken silence as to what ought to be in justice regarded as his due meed of honour as a participator in the discovery of the source of the Nile. His pencil has not remained idle it is true. But his pen has altogether. And in Captain Speke's narrative little—almost as one may say, next to nothing—ie said about him. Detained as Captain Grant was several months longer than Captain Speke in Kara gue, and this by reason of his being temporarily crippled by a serious malady in one of his legs he has surely much of interest in his notes or in his recollections that he could tell us. And we look all the more hopefully to his tell- ing us a good deal at least, if not all, of what he might, because Captain Speke has left so very much untold that we are most anxious to have had related. The Manners and Customs of the savage tribes through which our travellers passed, we know comparatively nothing of, from this Journal, elaborate and lengthy though it is. The naivete of the poor African race we catch glimpses of, it is true, now and then : as where, in Unyoro, King Kamrasi is dimly groping after knowledge in regard to the Bible ; or as when the reputed sanctity of the water of the Nile is repudiated by Captain Speke's own attendants. " I told my men," he writes, " they ought to shave their heads and bathe in the holy river, the cradle of Moses—the waters of which, sweetened with sugar, men carry all the way from Egypt to Mecca, and sell to the pilgrims." "We don't look on those things," was the reply, " in the same fanciful manner that you do; we are con. tented with all the commonplaces of life, and look for nothing beyond the !present. If things don't go well, it is God's will; and if they do go well, that is His will also." This little incident occur ring, it should be remarked, at the point where the Explorer first obtains a view of the river to the discovery of whose source he is at the moment as piring—and not merely aspiring, but energeti cally struggling on, through how many hard ships, impediments, vexations, anxieties, and discouragements l Here—at that first view of it, he writes, in perhaps the most picturesque passage that could be anywhere found in his Journal — Hero at last I stood on the brink of the Nile ; most beau tiful was the scene—nothing could surpass it I It was the very perfection of the kind of effect aimed at in a hi ghly kept park ; with a magnificent stream from 600 to 700 yards wide, dotted with islets and rocks, the former occu pied by fishermen's huts, the latter by sterns and crocodiles basking in the sun—flowing between fine high grassy banks, with rich trees and plantains in the background, where herds of the nsunnu and hartebeest could be seen grazing, while the hippopotami were snorting in the water, and flori kan and guinea-fowl rising at our feet. Unfortunately, the chief district officer, Mlondo, was from home, but we took possession of his huts---clean, extensive, and tidily kept— facing the river, and felt as if a residence here would do one good. Although the King of Karagne, by name Ramanika, is about the most attractive of the aboriginal per sonages depicted in the volume, we are tempted to give, by preference, our gallant traveller's delinea tion, thus graphically, of the young Sovereign of Uganda, by name Mteaa : The mighty king was now reported to be sitting on his throne in the state hut of the third tier. I advanced, bat in hand, with my guard of honour following, formed in " open ranks," who in their turn were followed by the hearers carrying the present. I did not walk straight up to him as if to shake hands, but went outside the ranks of a three-sided square of squatting Wakungu, all habited in skins, mostly cow skins ; some few of whom had, in addition, leopard-cat skins girt round the waist, the sign of royal blood. Here I was desired to halt and sit in the glaring sun ; so I donned my hat, mounted my umbrella, a phenomenon which set them all a-wondering and laughing, ordered the guards to close ranks, and sat gaming at the novel spectacle. A more theatrical sight I never saw. The king, a good-looking, well-figured, tall young man of 25, was sitting on a red blanket spread upon a square platform of royal grass, encased in tiger .grass reeds, scrupulously well dressed in a new mbugu. The hair of his head was cut short, excepting on cue top, rfuoin ci war, uvu•t...d %sr ink. a Icaefla wirlern, Anansaing ftom stem to stern like a cock's comb. On his neck was a very neat ornament—a large ring, of beautifully-worked small beads, forming elegant patterns by their various colours. On one arm was another bead ornament, prettily devised ; and on the other a wooden charm, tied by a string covered with snake skin. On every finger and every toe he had alternate brass and copper rings ; and above the ankles, half way up to the calf, a stocking of very pretty beads. Everything was light, neat, and elegant in its way; not a fault could ba found with the taste of his "getting up." For a handkerchief he held a well-folded piece of bark, and a piece of gold-embroidered silk, which he constantly employed to hide his large mouth when laugh ing, or to wipe it after a drink of plantain wine, of which he took constant and copious draughts from neat little gourd cups, administered by his ladies-in-waiting, who were at once his sisters and wives. A white dog, spear, shield, and woman—the Uganda cognisance—were by his side, as also a knot of staff officers, with whom he kept up a brisk conversation on ono side; and on the other was a band of Wichwezi, or lady sorcerers, such as I have already described: I was now asked to draw nearer within the hollow square of squatters, where leopard skins were strewed upon the ground, and a large copper kettle-drum, surmounted with brass bells on arching wires, along with two other smaller drums covered with cowrie shells, and beads of colour worked into patterns, were placed. I now longed to open conversation, but knew not the language, and no one near me dared speak, or even lift his head from fear of being accused of eyeing the women; so the king and myself sat staring at one another for full an hour—l mute, but ho pointing and remarking with those around him on the novelty of my guard and general appearance, and even re quiring to see my hat lifted, the umbrella shut and opened, and the guards face about and show off their red cloaks — for such wonders had never been seen in Uganda. Then, finding the day waning, he sent Maula on an embassy to ask me if I had seen him ; and on receiving my reply, "Yes, for full one hour," I was glad to find him rise, spear in hand, lead his dog, and walk unceremoniously away through the enclosure into the fourth tier of huts ; for this being a pure lev6e day, no business was transacted. The king's gait in retiring was intended to be very majestic, 401 501 1331 I G 5 no} I 72 Ir4i 43, 1061 7 50i 102 31 21 12S 1 521 1931 / 59/ 99/ 90 but did not succeed in conveying to me that impression. It was the traditional walk of his race, founded on the step of the lion ; but the outward sweep of the legs, intended to represent the stride of the noble beast, appeared to me only to realise a very ludicrous kind of waddle, which made me ask Bombay if anything serious was the matter with the royal person. To the work itself, however, who is there but will turn with the liveliest interest and curiosity In a literary point of view it cannot, it is true, but be regarded as marked by very considerable defici encies. The tale it :ells is, in the strictest meaning of the words, " plain and unvarnished." The elo quence of Captain Speke—if there be any eloquence at all any where discernible in his narrative—is, more literally than Mr. Cobden, " unadorned." He speaks the simplest truth of the matter right out, just as it occurs to him. And he does this so conscientiously that at times he even disdains cot to become tedious. It is a noble achievement, however, that he has to relate, and he relates it with manful simplicity. As for the general appearance and intrinsic value of the work, as a substantive publication, it is everything that could well have been wished for. The publishers have lavished upon it, as it deserved, every possible care as evi denced by a great variety of adornments in the way of maps and illustrations. The volume altogether is a noble addition to any, even the most richly-stored bookshelves, as the Discovery it relates is certainly a most noble addition to the richest stores the world has yet gathered together in the shape of geographical knowledge. New Rules for Rifle Practice. The following circular has been issued : " School of Musketry, Hythe, Jan. 13, "The following changes in the system of rifle practice are to take effect from this date, and to be continued in force until further orders : " 1. The number of targets and the dimensions of bull's eyes and centres for the several classes, &c., to be as follows : Dimensions. Classes, &c. No. of Centre Bull's-eye. Targets.Height,Breaclth,Height.Breadtk From 150 fn snn yards inclusive, or 1 foot 6 in. 1 foot. 4 feet 1 foot for 3d class.. 2 From 400 to to 600 yards inclusive or for 2d class 3 From 600 to 900 yards inclusive, or for Ist class 4 File and volley firing Skirmishing 1 .. •• 1,, 2 „ "2. Shots hitting the targets to to valued for all classes as follows :—Bull's-eyes, 4 points--centres, 3—outers, 2. All shots hitting the horizontal black lii-e, in file, volley, and skirmishing practices, to count 4. " 3. The points to be obtained as a qualification to pass into a higher class, and establish a claim for extra pay as ' marksman,' are to be as follows :—Number of points to be obtained with Enfield rifle, in 3d class to pass into 2d class, 30, with small bore, 40—in 2d class to pass into Ist, Enfield, 30—with small bore, 40—in Ist class to be marksmen, En field, 20, with small bore, 32. " 4. In executing the volley practice a man whose rifle misses fire in the volley is not to be allowed to fire at the target singly, but his round is to be counted as having been expended. 4 „ 2 feet 4 ft 2 feet. _ . "5. The order of merit regulating the issue of extra pay to men who become marksmen to be determined by the greatest number of points obtained in shooting in the Ist and 2d classes—i. e., 40 rounds. "6. The best shot of the battalion will be that man who, having obtained in the lst class upwards of 20 points with the Enfield rifle, or 32 points with the small bore, scores the highest number of points in the Ist and 2d classes—i.e., 40 rounds, and is in the first class judging distance at the final classification." Alarming Occurrence at the Midland Railway Works, Yesterday morning, a few minutes after 10 o'clock, an accident of a most alarming and serious character, involv ing the immediate death of six valuable horses, the destrac tilon of a considerable amount of property, and the narrow escape of a number of workmen, took place at the stupen dous works and excavations now progressing for stores and warehouses connected with the goods depot of the Midland Railway at Agar Town. That portion of the works where this catastrophe took place is abutting on the excavations which are being made for a coffer dam and docks to be constructed under stores which are to be erected for Messrs Allsopp and Co. and Messrs. Bass and Co., the pale ale brewers of Burton-on- Trent. This excavation is situate between the western side of the Regent's-canal and the King's-road, Camden Town, and some idea may be formed of the magnitude of the work, when it is stated that the entire contract will reach little short of £300,000. On the south-western side of the excava tion there was, up to yesterday morning, existing a series of exceedingly large arches forming the viaduct by which means the old road from the King's road to the upper part of Agar Town was carried up to the level of the iron bridge over the canal, constructed some 10 or 12 years since by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners on coming into possession of that portion of the Agar estate. These arches and the bridge were the property of the Midland Company, but by agree ment ith Mr. W. Winn, contractor for the earthworks for the stores, &c., he was permitted to occupy them as stabling for the horses. The building contractors were Messrs. Smith and Co., of Leicester, who had sublet their contract for pull ing down these arches, &c., to Mr. Lawrence, a builder, of Hackney. Cracks had been observed in the arches for some time, but it is stated not to such an extent as to cause danger to be apprehended. Mr. Winn employed in his excavation 48 horses and somewhere about 100 men, but at the time of the occurrence the whole of the horses were out at work, except- ing 10, which, in consequence of the wetness of the morn ing, were not employed, but were left in the stabling under the arches. The operation of commencing to pull down the arches it appears was begun by Mr. Lawrence's men on Tuesday morning at the third, or smaller of the three arches, in which there were no horses, hnd were pursuing their labours, at the time specified, yesterday morning, when, the cracking of the brickwork gave intimation that something was wrong, and the men at once succeeded in making their escape, but had scarcely done so when the whole of the arches gave way with a tremendous crash, crushing Ihe poor horses beneath to death by their ponderous weight, being eight or nine bricks thick. The consternation at the moment, and for some time after the occurrence, was very great, and this was heightened by __ _ . an extensively circulated rumour that several of Mr. Winn's workmen were missing, and were also buried in the ruins, and that some had been known to be in the stabling at the time. In order to allay anxiety upon this point Mr Winn immediately had a call of his eluployees, and found they were all safe. A boy named White was knocked down by some of the falling brickwork, but was only slightly contused. As soon as the confusion had somewhat subsided, the navvies were set to work to rescue the horses which might have escaped injury, and singular to relate, out of tho 10 poor animals four were rescued apparently unhurt, but six were dug out in the course of the afternoon dead. Three of these had cost not long since 55 guineas each, and the other three were valued at about £3O each. As the arches were the property of the Midland Company a telegram was im mediately forwarded to Mr. Crossley, the engineer of the Midland Company, at Derby, and from subsequent investi gation it has been ascertained that the workmen were abso lutely in the employ of the building contractors, Messrs. Smith, but were wok king under Mr. Lawrence's superin tendence ; that requiring the bricks as rapidly as possible fir their uolr w orks the men, instead of picking out the work by piecemeal, had actually removed the key ring of the arch on which they commenced, which, on giving way, caused the other at cies to follow. The news of the occurrence spread rapidly with plenty of exaggerations throughout the district, and during the after noon hundreds of persons congregated around the scene of the disaster, and would not believe but that there were human beings as well as horses buried in the ruins, but which we are happy to state is not the fact. A question will arise as to who is responsible for the loss sustained, the Midland Company, the building contractor, or Mr. Winn, the contractor for the earthworks, In the first place the arches were known to be cracked months ago, when Mr. Win, Jay, the contractor, occupied them as stabling ; secondly, whether the building contractor had any right to commence the work of demolition without giving notice and seeing that the horses of the earthworks contractor were re • moved--or whether he had any business to move them at all, it being stated to be usual, unless specially agreed to the contrary, that all obstructions in excavating become the pro perty of the excavating contraetor. The average depth of the excavation for the dock, which is to be supplied with water from the Regent's Canal, was 30 feet. From 70,000 to 80,000 cubic yards of earth had been dug out, cud there is about a similar quantity to be removed—so that this por tion of the work may be said to be half finished. ANOTHER NEW STREET IN SOLITHWARK.—A new street, extending from Crucifix-lane, Bermond sey-street, to the east end of St. Thomas-street, High-street, Southwark, is in the course of formation. The northern side of the street is bounded by the wall that encloses tha termi nus at London-bridge and the new south line of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. Traffic to the Lower road, Deptford, and jalaccs to which it leads, by taking the new route, will avoid the overcrowded thoroughfares of Tooley-street and Dockhead, as the street will pass along Crucifix-lane, pass St. Joha's Church, Horselydown, into Freeschool -street, and thence to the Lower-road. One-half of the main sewer has been constructed, the pavement or the carriage and footways laid down, and the side arches con structed. The works of the remainder are far advanced, and In March, it is expected that the street will be opened early An old man, named Johu Dolan, the keeper of a provision shop in the village of Primatestown, county of Meath, has been made the victim of a moot extrordinary hoax, by which he has lost a sum of £llO, all the cash he possessed in the world. A. man, who gave his name as Morgan, and who was known is the rural districts as a watchmaker, had for some eight months past been carrying messages between Dolan, who had the reputation of being wealthy, and a young woman styling herself Miss Reilly, who, Morgan stated, lived at Donore, where she had eight or ten acres of land, which she was about to sell, and reside with an aunt at Ardee, in _c saiAt ago Morgan informed the old man that Mies Reilly had sold the farm, for which she had received £2OO, and had already gone to Ardee, after depositing the mon ay in the bank; that she wanted a steady, staid man, and having heard that he (Dolan) was a good dealer, she believed they would act a wise part in putting their money and themselves together, and opening a shop in Ardee, On Tuesday week Mor gan again paid Dolan a visit, and brought him the happy tidings that Miss Reilly had consented to meet him next day at Drogheda, when all matters connected with the marriage were to be arranged. Miss Reilly had also requested that Dolan should, bring all his money with him on the occasion. On Wednesday morning the old man harnessed the horse, and proceeded with Morgan on the car to Drogheda, taking with him £llO and two days' provender for the horse. At Drogheda they met Miss Reilly, in company of a young man who was understood to be a relative, and who on a previous occasion had paid a visit to Dolan at Primatestown.. The meeting appeared to be a very joyous one, slot least on the part of Dolan, as the female was a bouncing and rather handsome girl of 20 years of age. It would appear that several half pints .of whisky were consumed in the course of a few hours conversation ; and, so fascinated had old Dolan he come with Miss Reilly's appearance and agreeable conversation, that he took out all the cash, in not es and gold, threw it into her lap, and desired her to take care of it. Some time afterwards Dolan pro ceeded to prepare the horse and car for the journey to Ardee; but when he returned he found that the party had decamped except Morgan, who seemed to commiserate Dolan's position very much, and assisted him in making search for them about the place. Giving up all hopes of tracing the youi couple, he returned to his home, and gave inform a tion of the circumstances to the constabulary. No such person as Miss Reilly or her aunt was known at Ardee, and all the tales previously told to Dolan turned out to be fabrications.—Freeman's Joungal. Private Bills in the House . of Commo THIS DAY. This morning Mr. Smith disposed of the following WI - opposed bills, which will of course come before Parlia ment for their first reading :—Hammersmith and Ci ty Railway (Extension, &c.), Holborn Valley Ii n. provement, Chichester and blidhurst Railway (N . o. 3), Great Northern and Victoria Station Railway, East and West Junction Railway, Hampsteaci', Midland, North Western, and Charing-cross June - tion Railway, West Yorkshire Railway, Watford and Edgware Junction Railway, Victoria Station and Thames Embankment Railway. _ PETITION ADJOURNED —Belfast Water Works (corn- missioners). PETITION POSTPONED—MidIand Railway (new lines and additional powers). BILLS OPPOSED—Tottenham and Hampstgad Junction Railway (extension to Charing-cross). (BEFORE )SIR, FRERE.) The following unopposed bills were disposed of :—Poole, Bournemouth, and Wimbourne; Scottish Central Railway (stations), Brading Harbour (Isle of Wight), Ventnor Harbour Railway, &c., Scottish North-Eastern and Scot tish Central Railway, Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway, Newcastle-under-Lyne Canal, and North Staffordshire Railway, London Low Level Railway. PETITIONS ADJOURNED —Glasgow (City) Union Rail way, Shrewsbury and Potteries Railway, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Railway. PETITIONS POSTPONED —Walthamstow, Clapton, and City Railway, North Staffordshire Railway (New Works), EXTRAORDINARY SWINDLE. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 21.—Wind this day at noon—Souih- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning . Arrived, Jan. 20—John Romilly, from Marseillei Halcyon, from Terceira—American Eagle, from New York —Furet, from Gravelines—Lavonia, from Palermo—Reg i na, from Buenos Ayres—Sir John Moore, from SydnErs— Abeona, from Ancona—Baronet's Family, from Bombacy— Clarissa, Andromeda, and Bell Adventure, from St. Mi chael's—Surprise, Demetrius, Elizabeth, and Reward, tiom Guernsey—Recovery, from Gijon—Maynards, from Al.goa Bay—Zeeblong, from Genoa—Jantje Berg, and Roe: sloe, from Taganrog—Sarah Williams, from Zante—Lizzie Southard, from New York—Sandebah, from Demeral7a— Queen of the Clyde, from Calcutta. DEAL, Thursday Morning, Passed—Alice Mary, from London, for Singapore, A PLAIN GUIDE TO BANKRUPTCY, &C.—this little Guide, which has been published by Mr. Wetherfiold, is intended to make plain to those who may unfortunately require such a Guide, the thorny way of bankruptcy. 'Uhe costs are pointed out, and every information which can: be required is given on the subject. A HINT FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF CRINOLINE. —One of the Kings of Spain had the good taste to be very much annoyed at the extravagant length of the trains worn by the ladies of his Court. He tried all means to curtail the nuisance, but his efforts were as vain as King James's "Counterblast against Tobacco." At last he ordered his chamberlain or corresponding officer to decree that while trains of any length might be worn by any woman, all trains beyond a certain length should be re.. garded as the badge of courUzins. The order executed itself. At once all the ladies of the Court, some of w!nom were said to be well qualified for an extra ell, cut short their trailing robes, and the halls and the presence-cham ber became practicable for the male animal. THE TOWNLEY CASE.—The following memorial has been numerously signed by the clergy, and was sent to the Home Secretary on Monday night:—" Wo the undersigned clergy of the Deanery of Derby, having carefully considered the correspondence of the Right Hon. Sir George Grey and the magistrates of this county, respecting the circumstances under which the respite of George Victor Townley has been granted, desire (while offering no opinion as to the prisoner's sanity) to express our conviction that the request of the magistrates is reason able and just, and our hope that a further, full, and satisfactory investigation into his present state of mind, and into the proceedings which led to his respite, may be granted by her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department." The following statement, signed " Frederick Curzon," appears in the Derby Mercury " I wish to remind Mr. Gisborne (the prison surgeon) of a large dinner party, in November last, not very long be fore the trial of George Victor Townley. When the It wiles had left the dining room, I put this question to Mr- Gis borne :---‘ As you have many opportunities of seoing, Townley, will you tell me, is he sane or insane ?' His reply was, ' Townley is as sane as you or I ;' and then I said, Will h. h. Lang?' Mr. Gisborne's reply was, To- a certainty.' ' EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES.—For a considerable time past a suspicion has existed that large quan tities of property have been stolen from the extensive stores of the Cunard Company in Liverpool, and the police were set on the hunt to ascertain, if possible, who were the de predators. Circum s t ances i n d uce d Sergeant Jas. Mooney, detective, belonging to th e coun ty p o lic e force, on Tuesday, to visit the house of David Armour, a fireman on board the Cunard mail steamer Persia, now on her voyage home front New York. On searching the house, which is situated in. Dundas-street, Bootle, Sergeant Mooney found 20 blankets, a number of towels, several pillow cases, knives and forks, and other articles, belonging to the British and North American Royal Mail Steamship Company, and having the company's mark on them. The property was concealed in different parts of the house, and on questioning the wife of Armour as to how the articles came into her possession she said the property had been brought there at different times by different individuals, whom she could not name. On this being stated Mooney at once took her into custody, and she was yesterday brought before the comity magistrates in petty sessions at Kirkdale. The property was identified by Mr. Warburton and Mr. Craven, storekeepers to the com pany, and the prisoner was remanded for a week that fur ther information may be obtained, as it is believed that an extensive system of plunder from the stores has been carried on for some time past. BERLIN, Jan. 19.—The Kreutz-Zeitung states that Prince Charles Frederick will leave Berlin with his staff on the 20th. The King of Hanover has only consented to allow the Prussian troops to pass through his States, on the most pressing re presentations of his Ministers. VIENNA, Jan. 19.—The Emperor yerterdcy re viewed the troops which are to proceed to Schles wig. In a speech delivered to the officers his Majesty principally insisted on the necessity of keeping up a friendly understanding heir with the Prus sians, The troops will commvnce t deplrture to-morrow. 'k\